Berlin / photography, Mattia Vacca.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vacca, Mattia, photographer.

Series:

Passenger.

The passenger

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berlin (Germany)--Social life and customs.

Berlin (Germany).

Berlin (Germany)--In literature.

Berlin (Germany)--Description and travel.

Genre:

Travel writing.

Physical Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 25 cm.

Edition:

English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

Milan : Iperborea/Europa Editions, [2021]

Summary:

"'Berlin is too big for Berlin' is the curious title of a book by flaneur Hanns Zischler who jokes about the low population density of this polycentric, extensive city. But 'Berlin is too big for Berlin' in another sense: how to live together and keep alive the myth of 'Berlin, the trendy city'? To understand it, it is necessary to go on a journey to its origins, the nineties: the scars of war were everywhere, coal stoves, dilapidated buildings, basic supermarkets... Today, however, the search for abandoned ruins, the hunt for heirlooms in markets and illegal parties in basements no longer exist. That era of urban archaeology is over: almost all the old buildings have been renovated, houses cleared of squatters and typical DDR style shops closed. Without the wounds of the past the city may be less dramatic but it is stronger and healthier. Even the inhabitants have lost something of that yearning, of that romantic and self-destructive streak that defined the Berlin of the past. But Berlin remains a young city. Indeed, to cite one who knows it well, Berlin is, and always will be 'pure potential'."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Greatest Show in Town: The Resurrection of Potsdamer Platz / Peter Schneider

Der Himmel Unter Berlin / Christine Kensche

We Were Like Brothers / Daniel Schulz

Four Square Kilometres of Pure Potential / Vincenzo Latronico

Berlin's Little Vietnam / Alisa Anh Kotmair

Berlin Suite / Cees Nooteboom

High Infidelity / Thibaut De Ruyter

In the Belly of the Whale / Juliane Loffler

The Evicted Generation / Annett Groschner

East vs. East / Alina Schwermer

The Island of Youth / Jorg Sundermeier

Last Orders / Fabian Federl.

ISBN:

9781787702820

1787702820

OCLC:

1260445603